Pre-Order Form
Collect early commitments and deposits for upcoming merchandise.
A ready-to-use e-commerce & payments form for online shops, makers and subscription brands: 10 questions, 2 pages.
- Questions
- 10
- Pages
- 2
- Layouts
- classic
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Live preview and test console
This is the real form. Answer it to test the flow — nothing is sent or stored.
Page 1 of 2 — Reserve your item
This template runs as a straight sequence — no branching rules.
Compliance checklist
- Payment items priced — passingEvery payment question charges a real amount, so a submission always records a payment.
- Conditional logic resolves — passingEvery rule points at a question or page that exists in this template.
- Legal text not required — passingThis template collects neither health nor regulated financial information.
- Question labels unique — passingLogic and exports address questions by label, so duplicates are ambiguous.
What happens after submit: nothing is stored in this preview. On your own copy, every response triggers an instant email notification and lands in your response dashboard, ready to export or forward.
Happy with it? Take a copy into your workspace — every question, rule and setting comes with it.
Who this template is for
Pre-Order Form is built for online shops, makers and subscription brands who need to take an order, a deposit or a recurring payment without a checkout build.
- Online shops, makers and subscription brands working in e-commerce & payments.
- Teams who need to take an order, a deposit or a recurring payment without a checkout build without writing code or paying for a custom build.
- Anyone replacing orders arriving as half-finished emails with no payment attached with one structured record per enquiry.
- Respondents are shoppers and repeat customers — the form asks them 10 questions across 2 screens.
Why this form is useful
It removes the cost of orders arriving as half-finished emails with no payment attached and turns each submission into a record your team can act on immediately.
- 6 questions are required, so submissions arrive complete instead of needing a follow-up email.
- It collects a verified email address so replies and confirmations land.
- It captures a phone number for urgent follow-up.
- It lets people pick products and quantities.
- It pins the request to a specific date.
- It captures a full postal address.
- It captures a numeric value you can filter and sort on.
- Splitting the form across 2 pages keeps each screen short and shows respondents how much is left.
How to use this template
From copy to live form is a few minutes of work, and every step is reversible.
- 1Press “Use this template” — a fresh copy of Pre-Order Form lands in your workspace, ready to edit.
- 2Rename or delete any question, and change what is required. Nothing here is fixed.
- 3Open Notifications and add the email addresses that should be alerted on each submission; add an auto-reply to the respondent if the form collects an email address.
- 4Connect payments in form settings so the amount is taken with the submission rather than invoiced later.
- 5Publish it, then either share the link directly or paste the embed snippet into your site — the embedded form resizes to fit and loads no marketing or advertising trackers.
- 6Watch responses land in Submissions, where you can filter, label and export them to CSV or PDF.
Logic and conditions blueprint
Exactly how this form behaves as it is answered.
- This template ships without branching rules, but it does use page-by-page progress with validation on each step.
- You can add branching yourself in the Logic tab — pick a question, a condition, and the field or page it should reveal, hide, require or skip to.
What this form asks
Every question is editable — rename it, make it optional, or delete it entirely.
Page 1 — Reserve your item
- Item
- Variantrequired
- Quantityrequired
- Deposit amountrequired
- Preferred delivery month
Page 2 — Your details
- Full namerequired
- Email addressrequired
- Phone number
- Shipping address
- Agreementrequired
10 questions in total.
Works in this layout
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Privacy & compliance
This form takes money. Card details are handled by the payment provider and never stored in your response data — you keep the order details, not the card number.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Pre-Order Form template free to use?
Yes. You can preview and test Pre-Order Form on this page without an account, and take a copy into your own HelloForms workspace on the free plan. There is nothing to install and no card required to publish it.
What does the Pre-Order Form template ask for?
It asks 10 questions across 2 pages, 6 of which are required. Every question is listed in full further down this page, and each one can be renamed, reordered, made optional or deleted after you copy the template.
Can I edit the Pre-Order Form form after copying it?
Yes — the copy is entirely yours. Change wording, add or remove questions, switch between the classic layout, restyle it to match your brand, and set who gets notified on each submission.
Can I add conditional logic to this e-commerce & payments form?
Yes. The template runs as a straight sequence out of the box, and you can add show, hide, require or skip rules in the Logic tab — pick a question, a condition, and the field or page it should affect.
Where do responses to the Pre-Order Form form go?
Submissions land in your workspace under Submissions, where you can search, filter, label and export them to CSV or PDF. You can also email a notification to your team on every submission and send the respondent an auto-reply.
Can I embed the Pre-Order Form form on my own website?
Yes. Publish the form and paste the embed snippet into any page or share the direct link. The embedded form resizes to fit its container and loads no advertising or marketing trackers inside the iframe.
Can this form take payments?
Yes — this template includes a payment step, so the amount is collected as part of the submission instead of invoiced afterwards. Connect your payment provider in form settings and set the currency and prices you want.
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